Josef Vockner
Josef Vockner (born March 18, 1842 in Ebensee , † April 11, 1906 in Vienna ) was an Austrian composer and organist.
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Josef Vockner received his first music lessons from his father of the same name. At the age of 16 he began an apprenticeship as a clerk in the salt works of Ebensee. After quitting this service, he gave private music lessons and became an organist in Bad Ischl . In 1871 he moved to Vienna and from 1876 was a student of Anton Bruckner . In 1890 he took over Bruckner's professorship at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna , where Ella Pancera was one of his students.
His works, which include 112 opus numbers, include the oratorio Das Weltgericht ( premiered in 1897 by the Wiener Singverein ), a violin sonata in D major op.4, a piano quartet in C op.6, a piano quintet op.70, songs, and several masses and works for organ.
Web links
Sheet music and audio files by Josef Vockner in the International Music Score Library Project
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Rieder: Curriculum vitae in 400 years of the Salinenort Ebensee from 1898 to today , 2007, ISBN 3-90157-212-0
- ^ Theodore Baker : A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 3rd Edition, p. 987 (1919)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vockner, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vockner, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebensee |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1906 |
| Place of death | Vienna |